Commenting on the victory over an LDP and Komei Party-backed candidate, JCP Secretariat Head Ichida said, gResidentsf demands for a halt to wasteful use of tax money and cancellation of increases in tax burdens helped achieve this victory.h
In defiance of the sharp public criticism of the government mismanagement of public pension, the LDP and Komei Party used their majority at the Lower House plenary session to bulldoze through pension bills.
The pro-Yasukuni force, which says that Japanfs past war of aggression was a gjust war,h is putting up like-minded candidates under the ticket of the Liberal Democratic Party or the Democratic Party of Japan in the upcoming House of Councilors election.
